Words to Use More Often: #3 [Autumn Edition]

Hey everyone! To celebrate autumn, here’s a list of words that remind of one of the most beautiful times of the year— the season of pumpkin spice lattes, of falling, crunching leaves, of cozy jackets and cold cheeks, and of looking out the window at the stunning, rainy world outside. (Can you tell how much I like autumn? 😛 Although, of course, all of the seasons are great in their own way!)

+ Foliage

noun

plants leaves, collectively; leafage

+ Hearth

noun

the floor or area in front of a fireplace

+ Quaint

adjective

charmingly old-fashioned

attractively unusual

+ Ember

noun

a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire.

+ Caramel

noun

sugar that has been heated into a smooth, chewy dark- to light-brown paste.

+ Crisp

adjective

(describing the weather, not the snack) fresh, cool, invigorating.

+ Psithurism

noun

the sound of wind rustling leaves.

+ Ablaze

adjective

burning fiercely.

bright and colourful.

+ Laurel

noun

any shrubs and other plants with dark green glossy leaves (such as the bay tree or mountain laurel).

the leaves from a laurel woven into a wreath worn on the head as an symbol honour or victory in olden times

❤ Yasimone

P.S.- Use the word “psithurism” around your friends and leave them bewildered at your amazing vocabulary skills. 😉

P.P.S.- How fun is that to say? It actually sounds like what it means!

P.P.P.S.- Okay, so I just looked that up and apparently words that sound like what they mean are called onomatopoeia (which I already knew) or echomimetics (which I didn’t know).

P.P.P.P.S.- Ooh, that should be my theme for my next Words to Use More Often post!